Sassa workers strike in Durban
16 March 2017 - 14:16
By Jeff Wicks
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Police are monitoring a protest by social workers based at the offices of the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) in Umlazi‚ Durban‚ on Thursday.
According to a police source with knowledge of the incident‚ Sassa employees blocked the road adjacent to Umlazi District Office in W Section‚ in an apparent dispute over pay.
Police officers were deployed to the scene as the group burnt refuse in the roadway.